Jai Opetaia will return to the ring on March 8 in Las Vegas

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  1. Scotty Cork

    Scotty Cork Boxing Addict Full Member

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  2. MidniteProwler

    MidniteProwler Fab 4. Mayor of Aussie Boxing Full Member

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    Return of the baddest man on the planet.
     
  3. tarrant45

    tarrant45 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Is he going to find anyone in the top 10?
     
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  4. BustedSaint

    BustedSaint Country Member Full Member

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    He can find them but they don't seem to notice him.
     
  5. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Loyal Member

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    Since Zurdo isn't an option, hopefully Mikaeljan. CBS is literally the only other decent guy in the division.
     
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  6. like a boss

    like a boss have gloves will travel Full Member

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    Not the way they hide, he isn't.
     
  7. like a boss

    like a boss have gloves will travel Full Member

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    Logically, Opetaia's fight will be for a Zuffa belt?

    Perhaps even the first one fought for, unless they schedule a Zuffa belt fight on their February 1st show?

    I guess another question will be whether his IBF title will be on the line or not?

    The politics are about to make themselves a bit clearer.
     
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  8. BustedSaint

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  10. BustedSaint

    BustedSaint Country Member Full Member

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    I honestly don't see Billam-Smith looking any better boxer than Jack Massey, and we know how that went.
     
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  11. LiamInChains

    LiamInChains Active Member Full Member

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    Wake me up when he isn’t fighting bums or going life and death with 50 year olds.
     
  12. like a boss

    like a boss have gloves will travel Full Member

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    So that's why you are so clueless. You are asleep. Explains a lot.
     
  13. like a boss

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    Billam-Smith was offered plenty to fight Opetaia previously and showed no interest whatsoever.
     
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  14. BustedSaint

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    Plus he was recently touched up by a far from convincing Ramirez.
     
  15. Sandman_

    Sandman_ The Phoenix flew & the Big Fish knew Full Member

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    Looks like the MMA bloke is delivering what Slow Eddie Hearn couldn't or wouldn't.